ZSG - Stadt Rapperswil 2010-08-15 17-44-08
ZSG may refer to: * Goodyear ZSG A US Navy anti-submarine patrol blimp * ''The Zombie Survival Guide'', a tongue-in-cheek survival manual dealing with the potentiality of a zombie attack * Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft The ''Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft'' or Lake Zürich Navigation Company (commonly abbreviated to ZSG) is a public Swiss company operating passenger ships and boats on Lake Zürich. The company operates services connecting lake-side towns ...

Goodyear ZSG
The ''K''-class blimp was a class of blimps (non-rigid airship) built by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio for the United States Navy. These blimps were powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-1340, Pratt & Whitney ''Wasp'' nine-cylinder Radial engine, radial air-cooled engines, each mounted on twin-strut outriggers, one per side of the control car that hung under the Airship#Envelope, envelope. Before and during World War II, 134 ''K''-class blimps were built and configured for patrol and anti-submarine warfare operations, and were extensively used in the Navy’s anti-submarine efforts in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean areas. Development In 1937, ''K-2'' was ordered from Goodyear Aerospace, Goodyear as part of a contract that also bought the ''L-1'', (Goodyear’s standard advertising and passenger blimp). ''K-2'' was the production prototype for future ''K''-class airship purchases. ''K-2'' flew for the first time at Akron, Ohio on December 6, 1938 and was delivered to ...
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The Zombie Survival Guide
''The Zombie Survival Guide'' is the first book written by American author Max Brooks, published in 2003. It is a satirical survival manual about zombies, containing information about zombie physiology and behavior, defense strategies and tactics, and includes case studies of possible zombie outbreaks throughout history. Despite its fictional subject matter, the book also includes practical information on disaster preparedness, generally. Brooks' second book, ''World War Z'' (2006), is a follow-up to ''The Zombie Survival Guide'', describing the events of a zombie apocalypse possibly set in the same fictional universe. Contents The book is divided into seven sections and an appendix. The first section contains information on the nature of "Solanum", a virus that causes zombification, as well as the physical attributes of zombies and a classification system for the severity of hypothetical zombie outbreaks. The next five sections cover practical survival skills and advice for co ...
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